Clasp



P. A. AND1. P. KUPP. CLASP.

APPLICATION man JUNEso. 1919.

1,385,009 Patented July 159, 1921.

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PAUL n.. KOPP AND Jonnr. KOPP, or TULSA, carencias..

CLASP.

Application filed June 30,

.To all eo tom 'it may concern:

lie it known that we, PAUL A. KOPP and loi-IN l. Kerr, citizensV of the United States, residing at Tulsa, in the county of Tulsa, State of Oklahoma, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ulasps; and we -do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description oi' the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

T his invention relates tO an improvement in clasps and more particularly to a spring clasp adapted for use in connection with articles to be held in ones pocket so as to securely engage the cloth oi the pocket in order to securely hold the device to which it is attached, in position.

The invention further comprehends an improved clasp adapted for use particularly in connection with an eyeglassor spectacle case adapted to be fastened to the cover of the case and including improved means for securing the device in position and a simple and novel construction of clasp and spring varrangement whereby a double gripping action is obtained.

With the above objects and others in view, as will appear as the specification proceeds, the invention comprises certain novel and useful combinations and arrangements of parts as will hereinafter be more particularly pointed out and claimed.

Reference is had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application wherein like reference characters represent corresponding parts throughout the several views and wherein:

Figure 1 is a plan view with our improved clasp.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view oit the case with the clasp applied thereto, and

Fig. is a transverse sectional view.

Referring to the drawings in detail, the numeral designates an eyeglass or spectacle case having the usual hinged cover 11 normally held in a closed position in the usual manner by means of a spring, asis common in the art. The clasp includes a strip 12 having a reduced portion 13 terminating in a ball terminal or enlargement 14 formed in any desirable manner to engage the outside of the cloth of the pocket so as to form an efficient grip without tearing the cloth.

@he opposite end ot the strip is of suitable of a case provided Specification of Letters Patent.

extent to which, the ball head 14 Patented July 19, 1921.

1919. serial no. 307,592.

fanciful design and enlarged as shown at 15 to form a grasping portion, saidportion being` slightly oft setforwardly as is clearly indicated in Fig. 2l of the drawings. The strip is also provided with oppositely extending portions 16 forming abridge piece which is substantially in the form of a cross arm. These extensions are pivoted in two` pedestals or pivot members 17 which are secured through the cover of the case 10 and headed as shown at 18, in Fig. 2" ofthe drawings.

In connection with the strip 12 of the clasp, there is employed a U-shaped spring wire 19 which has a forwardly off set bight portion 2O fitting over the reduced portion 123 ol` the strip 12 adjacent to the enlargement 14, the leg portions of` the spring eX- tending along either side of the strip and. parallel to each other and the strip and having their extremities coiled about the eX- tensions 16 from the outer to the inner ends of said extensions for contact with the Opposed edges oi the strip of the clasp. rlhese coils are wound in the saine direction and the free extremities of said leg portions are extended to contact with the cover 11 as shown at 21 thereby causing the coils or springs to exert tension through the medium of the U-shaped arm thus provided in connection with the sides or leg portions and the bigh't portion 20, against the lower end of the clasp strip whereby to bring the enlargement into frictional engagement to grip the cloth between it and the cover of the case. It will be further noted that the leg portions of the spring wire lie between the strip 12 and the cover 11 of the case and in close spaced relation to the cover. Thus, when the case is placed within the pocket Ot the wearer with the cloth constituting the outer side wall of the pocket, between the lid of the case and the ball head 14, further downward movement of the case will carry the cloth beyond the head 14 and into position between the legs of the wire 19 and the case cover 11. Thus, these legs will clasp t-he 4cloth against the cover in additionI to the clasping action of the head 14 while they will permit the face of the ball 14 to sink into the cloth to a greater degree than do the legs in consequence oi its lesser bearing surface. The cloth constituting the outer wall of the pocket is thus clasped by both the ball head 14 and the legs of the wire 19, the legs of the wire determining the may be VVthe possibility of the case pressed into the cloth so that such pressure may not be excessive. It is to be understood that the case is Yreceived within the pocket and thereby securely held in position, although it is obvious that the saine construction of clasp may be employed with mounting may be employed as hereinbefore The device can bevery cheaply and will obviate dropping out of the pocket and thereby resulting in the breaking of the glasses contained therein.

Vhat is claimed is:

l. Thecombination with an article to be held, of a clasp strip pivoted thereto in spaced relation to it and having' a clasping terminal portion disposed to he normally against said article and a spring wire associated with the clasp strip for holding the clasping terminal in cooperative clasping relation to the article, the spring wirey between described. produced in a practical way Ving` strip pivoted between Vlation to the article except at vits terminal the clasping terminal of the strip and the pivot of the strip being Vin close spaced relation to the article for lclasping4 action thereagainst supplemental to the terminal ot the clasping strip. y

2. The combination with an article to be held and having spaced posts and a claspthem in spaced rewhich is adapted to, contact normally with the article, of a spring'wne bearingV at its ends-against the article at the opposite side of the pivot of the strip from its contacting terminal andhaying its intermediate portion exposed across the outer side of the strip adjacent its said terminal with the por tions of the wire between the terminal and the pivotv of the Vstrip in close spaced relation to the article and between the article and the strip, whereby to eXert'a clasping action in connection with the article and Vsupplemental to the'said terminal.

In testimony whereof we aiX oursignatures in the Vpresence of two Witnesses. Y PAUL A. KOPP. JOHN P; KOPP.

'Witnesses MARIBEL BOYER,

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